After two months, the committees tasked with finding candidates to be appointed as Vice Chancellors (VCs) at ten state institutions have still not started their search. In the final week of May, the government established search committees for each of the ten institutions after the earlier venture capitalists vacated their posts on May 21. These panels haven't convened yet to move the process further, though.
 
The rule book states that the university Grants Commission, the State government, and the candidate of the EC's concerned university must form a search committee consisting of three members for each university as part of the VC selection process. After reviewing the applications, the search committees suggest three candidates to the government, which then sends them to the governor, who also serves as the chancellor of the institutions.

The State government appointed senior officials as in-charge VCs in May due to a delay in the appointment of permanent VCs to institutions. However, sources claim that this approach is ineffective since the designated in-charge bureaucrats are preoccupied with their own normal portfolios.
 
For example, Principal Secretary to government (Education) Burra Venkatesham oversees several academic and private affiliated colleges at the jawaharlal nehru Technological university (JNTU) in Hyderabad, one of the largest universities in the State. In addition, she has full additional responsibility as Principal Secretary to Governor.
 
Comparably, VC M Dana Kishore, the in-charge of Osmania university, is currently serving as the principal secretary of the MA&UD department. Sources claim that while the incoming full-time VCs handled academic affairs, the in-charge VCs were handling a few critical files.
 
On january 27, the administration sent a notice soliciting applications for the ten state institutions. 312 individuals submitted 1,382 applications in response to the announcement; some of them applied to more than one university.
 


 
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SIBY JEYYA

29/07/2024 08:04 AM